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# Fivetran

> Connect Fivetran to Paradime to bring connectors into the catalog and lineage, and trigger Fivetran connector syncs from Bolt or the CLI.

[Fivetran](https://fivetran.com/) is an automated data movement platform that syncs data from sources into your warehouse. Connecting Fivetran to Paradime surfaces your connector metadata in the catalog and lets you trigger Fivetran syncs alongside your dbt™ runs.

## What you can do

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  <Card title="Catalog & Lineage" icon="sitemap" href="/products/data-catalog/asset-details/fivetran">
    Fivetran connectors appear as assets in Paradime's catalog and lineage, so you can trace ingested data through to your dbt™ models.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Orchestration" icon="rotate" href="/products/bolt/creating-schedules/command-settings/fivetran-connector-sync">
    Trigger Fivetran connector syncs from a Bolt schedule or the CLI, so ingestion and transformation run as one pipeline.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Once connected, trigger syncs from either surface:

| Surface       | Where                                                                                                         |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bolt schedule | [Fivetran connector sync](/products/bolt/creating-schedules/command-settings/fivetran-connector-sync) command |
| CLI           | [`paradime bolt` Fivetran CLI](/developers/paradime-cli/fivetran-cli)                                         |

## Prerequisites

<Info>
  To create API keys and a Secret in Fivetran, you will need **Account Administrator** access. See also the Fivetran docs [here](https://fivetran.com/docs/rest-api/getting-started).
</Info>

## Step 1: Generate an API Key

<Danger>
  **Fivetran only supports a single, account-level API key.** If one already exists, creating a new one will disable the existing key and connectivity for any applications using the existing key will stop working.

  If a key already exists in your account, you should ask within your organization for the existing API Key and Secret.
</Danger>

1. To generate API credentials login to [Fivetran](https://fivetran.com/) as a user with the Account Administrator role.
2. On the top-left corner of your screen, click the drop-down with your account name and click on **Manage Account** to view your Fivetran account settings.

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3. Select the **Settings tab** and in the API Config section at the bottom click on the Generate Button and make a note of the API key and API secret as we will need those to set up the Paradime integration.

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## Step 2: Connect the Fivetran Integration

The Fivetran integration can be connected by a Paradime **Admin user**. In Paradime, go to **Settings → Integrations** (see [connecting integrations](/integrations/connecting-integrations)), find **Fivetran**, and click **Connect**.

1. Add the API Key and Secret for your Fivetran account
2. Click on Test Connection to validate that Paradime can connect to Fivetran and start importing Metadata from your Connectors.

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### Connection parameters

| Field          | Required | Description                               |
| -------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| **API Key**    | ✅        | The API key from your Fivetran account    |
| **API Secret** | ✅        | The API secret from your Fivetran account |

*Paradime uses the Fivetran API and Webhooks to extract Metadata from your connectors and the most recent status of each ingestion into your destinations.*


## Related topics

- [Fivetran](/products/data-catalog/asset-details/fivetran.md)
- [Fivetran CLI](/developers/paradime-cli/fivetran-cli.md)
- [Sync Fivetran Connector](/products/bolt/creating-schedules/command-settings/fivetran-connector-sync.md)
- [Integration errors](/get-help/error-list/integration-errors.md)
- [Paradime CLI](/developers/paradime-cli/index.md)